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RH
BILL
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SECTION 5
The ReproductiveHealth
Bill(House Bill 5043)
The Commission on Population
(POPCONI)
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Pursuant to the herein declared policy, the
Commission on Population (POPCOM) shall serve as
the central planning, coordinating, implementing
and monitoring body for the comprehensive and
integrated policy on reproductive health and
population development. In the implementation of
this policy, POPCOM, which shall be an attached
agency of the Department of Health (DOH) shall
have the following functions:
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a.)
To create an enabling environment for women and couples to make aninformed choice regarding the family planning method that is best suited totheir needs and personal convictions;
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b.)
To integrate on a continuing basis the interrelated reproductive health andpopulation development agenda into a national policy, taking into accountregional and local concerns;
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c.)
To provide the mechanism to ensure active and
full participation of the
private sector and the citizenry through their
organizations in the planning
and implementation of reproductive health care
and population development
programs and projects;
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d.)
To ensure people's access to
medically safe, legal, quality and
affordable
reproductive health goods and
services;
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e.)
To facilitate the involvement and participation of
non-government
organizations and the private sector in reproductive
health care service
delivery and in the production, distribution and
delivery of quality
reproductive: health and family planning supplies and
commodities to make
them accessible and affordable to ordinary citizens;
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f.) To fully implement the Reproductive Health Care Program with thefollowing components:
(1) Reproductive health education including but not limited to counseling onthe full range of legal and medically-safe family planning methods includingsurgical methods;
(2) Maternal, pen-natal and post-natal education, care and services;
(3) Promotion of breastfeeding;
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(4) Promotion of male involvement, participation and
responsibility in
reproductive health as well as other reproductive health
concerns of men;
(5) Prevention of abortion and management of post-abortion complications;and
(6) Provision of information and services addressing the reproductive health needs of the poor, senior citizens, women in prostitution, differently-abled persons, and women and children in war AND crisis situations.
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g.)
To ensure that reproductive health
services are delivered with a full range
of supplies, facilities and equipment
and that service providers are
adequately trained for reproductive
health care;
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That is all…
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